Expanding the conceptualization of re-entry: The inter-play between child welfare and juvenile services

Stacey L. Shipe, Terry V. Shaw, Sara Betsinger and Jill L. Farrell

Children and Youth Services Review, 2017, vol. 79, issue C, 256-262

Abstract: Re-entry in child welfare is traditionally viewed as a child exiting to permanency and then reentering the child welfare system. Using this approach is effective for understanding child welfare practice from a single-system lens, but gives an incomplete picture of how children may move between related child serving systems. The present study expands the definition of re-entry by examining re-entry for 2259 children who either return to the child welfare system or move into the juvenile justice system after reunification from foster care. When measuring a broader concept of re-entry (into either system) the rate of re-entry went from 18% to 25% - a 33% increase. Regression analyses further suggested that many of the risk and protective factors associated with standard child welfare reentry were also predictive of multisystem re-entry such as having previous child welfare experience (OR=1.79, p<0.000), and child behavior as a factor at removal (OR=1.75, p<0.000). Findings of this study support the need to continue increasing the conceptualization of re-entry to be more inclusive of related systems as well as continuing to focus research efforts on understanding effective practices within child serving systems so that re-entry into either system is mitigated.

Keywords: Re-entry; Crossover youth; Foster care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.06.001

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